A league should not just judged by its title race.The fight for European places as well as relegation can also deliver some cracking matches.If I watch La Liga match, I try not to think too much of the domination of the big 2

I'm perfectly serious when I say that I expect Ronaldo to score 60-65 this year.

If he plays all 38 SPL games I expect him to score in 34 of those.

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I can see that happening.

Real's focus for winning the league should be on beating the rest of the teams and hoping they do better in those and it makes up for the 2 loses or 1 loss 1 draw that they'll suffer at the hands of Barca.

Real's focus for winning the league should be on beating the rest of the teams and hoping they do better in those and it makes up for the 2 loses or 1 loss 1 draw that they'll suffer at the hands of Barca.

I don't know but I do know the bottom half of the PL would not roll over and die the way SPL teams do when Madrid and Barca are in town.

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And yet, Real Madrid lost 4 times in La Liga - once to Barca, the other three defeats were to mid/bottom teams. The three included Zaragosa. Barca's two defeats came against bottom half clubs as well

Maybe because goal difference doesn't matter in Spain, no one cares and hence go out to attack Madrid and Barca.

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Some of them do start out defensive, but the big difference you notice from the PL is that a team that's losing by a goal or two won't try to defend to spare their goal difference or their dignity, they'll try to scrap out a result. A fair enough tactic against most teams, but horrible when it goes wrong.

Like Arsenal letting in 8, or Roma letting in 7 or even Madrid letting in 5 or us letting in 4

There was talk when they signed Fabregas that they might start playing a 3-4-3, which is what I expect we'll see tonight. A back 3 of Mascherano, Abidal and Busquets, a midfield 4 of Keita, Thiago, Fabregas and Iniesta, and then Sanchez, Pedro and Messi playing as the attacking 3.